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Short Stories & EssaysSat, 02 Jun 2012 19:37:34 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1WisdomLikeAStonehttps://feedburner.google.comHeroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Churchhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/02/heroic-aspirations-mormon/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/02/heroic-aspirations-mormon/#commentsSun, 20 Feb 2011 05:20:21 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=674My name is Brent Beal, I’ve been married for eighteen years, my wife and I have three beautiful kids, we are both university professors, we’re Mormon, and we support gay marriage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/gPw_KSYEsuo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/02/heroic-aspirations-mormon/feed/21Why All Mormon Women Should Wear Pants to Churchhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/11/01/pants-to-church/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/11/01/pants-to-church/#commentsWed, 12 Jan 2011 05:05:51 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=644A few thoughts on the silly notion that good Mormon women shouldn't wear pantsuits to church.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/aQxEcQlKIJ8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/11/01/pants-to-church/feed/1Protected: This Is Differenthttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/this-is-different/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/this-is-different/#commentsFri, 19 Nov 2010 16:37:39 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=620There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/YnSATic-kHI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/this-is-different/feed/0Protected: Dishes To Dohttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/dishes-to-do/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/dishes-to-do/#commentsFri, 19 Nov 2010 16:10:34 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=615There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/ksvwdgnWYsA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/dishes-to-do/feed/0Protected: Solid Groundhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/solid-ground/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/solid-ground/#commentsFri, 19 Nov 2010 15:17:13 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=605There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/qPwn4bJmets" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/19/11/solid-ground/feed/0Protected: Lettershttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/18/11/letters/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/18/11/letters/#commentsFri, 19 Nov 2010 05:38:41 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=599There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/kJPjVaGDaOc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/18/11/letters/feed/0Adam Speaks to Godhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/14/10/adam-speaks-to-god/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/14/10/adam-speaks-to-god/#commentsThu, 14 Oct 2010 18:35:29 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=472A poem by the blogger "Bored In Vernal."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/qcM_qKkNiZI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/14/10/adam-speaks-to-god/feed/6The Preacher Ruminates Behind the Sermonhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/10/behind-the-sermon/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/10/behind-the-sermon/#commentsThu, 14 Oct 2010 04:40:35 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=468A poem by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/kPUje4sNda0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/10/behind-the-sermon/feed/2Elder Packer and the Tilt of the Earth’s Axishttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/10/elder-packer-axis/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/10/elder-packer-axis/#commentsMon, 04 Oct 2010 16:20:24 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=446A thoughtful to response to Boyd K. Packer's address in the Sunday morning session of the 180th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, October, 2010).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/EdWghZFA-Lk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/10/elder-packer-axis/feed/160Protected: For My Childrenhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/09/for-my-children/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/09/for-my-children/#commentsWed, 08 Sep 2010 15:05:24 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=378There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/Yq83cPq1JEg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/09/for-my-children/feed/3A Modest Immigration Proposalhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/08/a-modest-immigration-proposal/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/08/a-modest-immigration-proposal/#commentsSat, 14 Aug 2010 05:31:15 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=361Meet Mr. Jorge Salinas. Let's pay him what we owe him before we export him.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/7ij967NAtOQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/13/08/a-modest-immigration-proposal/feed/2Prop 8 Overturned: Quick Commentshttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/08/overturned-quick-comments/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/08/overturned-quick-comments/#commentsWed, 04 Aug 2010 22:45:08 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=333Quick comments on Judge Vaughn Walker's Prop 8 decision.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/EK7YRigXR-A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/08/overturned-quick-comments/feed/2Protected: How to Posthttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/29/07/how-to-post/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/29/07/how-to-post/#commentsFri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:08 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=328There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/B_F1_Pk1_4g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/29/07/how-to-post/feed/0A Love Story?http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/07/a-love-story/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/07/a-love-story/#commentsSun, 25 Jul 2010 07:56:16 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=284I read because of short stories like “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly,” by Jonathan Safran Foer. It’s from the June 14/21, 2010 issue of The New Yorker–the “20 under 40″ issue (20 stories by 20 of the best new writers under 40; ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/bSK0me4e6B4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/07/a-love-story/feed/1Protected: July 12, 2010 Workshop – Getting Startedhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-getting-started/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-getting-started/#commentsSat, 10 Jul 2010 02:18:54 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=250There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/UbMAsMHXQ4Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-getting-started/feed/0Protected: July 12, 2010 Workshop – Introductionshttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-bios/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-bios/#commentsFri, 09 Jul 2010 23:08:20 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=241There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/eeLHPmsyKAw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/09/07/july-12-2010-bios/feed/2Universal Profile Picturehttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/07/universal-profile-picture/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/07/universal-profile-picture/#commentsThu, 08 Jul 2010 13:08:14 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=222Wouldn’t it be great if there were a central database somewhere in cyberspace that would allow you to associate a little picture–an small profile picture or “avatar”–with your email address so that whenever you posted something on a blog using ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/fBW33BG0qqU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/08/07/universal-profile-picture/feed/0Protected: July 12, 2010 Workshop – Schedulehttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/02/07/july-12-2010-schedule/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/02/07/july-12-2010-schedule/#commentsFri, 02 Jul 2010 21:50:03 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=206There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/Y8rTsqnoYUc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/02/07/july-12-2010-schedule/feed/2Same-Sex Marriage: Calling BS on the Religious Freedom Argumenthttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/01/07/same-sex-calling-bs/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/01/07/same-sex-calling-bs/#commentsFri, 02 Jul 2010 05:52:12 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=169A thoughtful deconstruction of a statement made by a representative of the Mormon church against same-sex marriage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/2RjL0fhx8UU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/01/07/same-sex-calling-bs/feed/39Protected: Knowledge Like Snow on a Rooftophttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/05/06/knowledge-like-snow/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/05/06/knowledge-like-snow/#commentsSun, 06 Jun 2010 05:04:37 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=143There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/OaEqMoK4dXU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/05/06/knowledge-like-snow/feed/0WLS Short Story Workshopshttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/28/05/workshops-outline/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/28/05/workshops-outline/#commentsFri, 28 May 2010 16:34:28 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=133A Wisdom Like a Stone (WLS) workshop lasts four months (17 weeks). Each workshop has a designated workshop leader (who is also a full participant in the workshop). It is designed for part-time writers (i.e. writers with day jobs). First, two guiding principles: 1) ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/0oQoGsW6AQI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/28/05/workshops-outline/feed/1Short Fiction and Public Policyhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/26/05/fiction-public-policy/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/26/05/fiction-public-policy/#commentsWed, 26 May 2010 16:53:13 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=102I’ll think about why I like this story later. Right now I just want to recommend it (and the magazine it was published in: American Short Fiction). The story is “Carry Me Home, Sisters of Saint Joseph,” by Marie-Helene Bertino (American Short ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/0yyais6OrLc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/26/05/fiction-public-policy/feed/1America Speaking Out?http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/05/america-speaking-out/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/05/america-speaking-out/#commentsWed, 26 May 2010 00:28:10 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=99Winston Churchill said that “the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.” If you spend a few minutes on the site linked below, you may decide Churchill was right. The site was put up by congressional Republicans to ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/tgeTM7IZiLw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/25/05/america-speaking-out/feed/0Gallup on Gay Marriagehttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/24/05/gallup-on-gay-marriage/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/24/05/gallup-on-gay-marriage/#commentsTue, 25 May 2010 04:32:25 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=95Fourteen years of survey data broken down by political and ideological subgroups: http://www.gallup.com/poll/128291/Americans-Opposition-Gay-Marriage-Eases-Slightly.aspx. We’ve come a long way. Share on Facebook<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/NTAxTRi5wDY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/24/05/gallup-on-gay-marriage/feed/0An Unbiased, Informative Post on the Federal Budget, the Deficit, and the National Debthttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/23/05/budget-deficit-and-debt/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/23/05/budget-deficit-and-debt/#commentsMon, 24 May 2010 05:20:35 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=77A good list of information sources on the 2011 federal budget and the national debt.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/JddoQrC8kK8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/23/05/budget-deficit-and-debt/feed/0On Rand Paul, Private Property, and What it Means to be a U.S. Senator (Short)http://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul-short/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul-short/#commentsThu, 20 May 2010 22:23:23 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=57Some thoughts on property rights in response to Rand Paul's comments about the 1964 Civil Right Act.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/Nt3bpCv9iZg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul-short/feed/0On Rand Paul, Private Property, and What it Means to be a U.S. Senatorhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul/#commentsThu, 20 May 2010 17:37:57 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=52Some thoughts on property rights in response to Rand Paul's comments about the 1964 Civil Right Act.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/lNENxxzav1g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/20/05/on-rand-paul/feed/5Protected: Just in Timehttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/06/05/just-in-time/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/06/05/just-in-time/#commentsFri, 07 May 2010 04:10:39 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=32There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/LmS_76YhKec" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/06/05/just-in-time/feed/0Seven Dumb Arguments Cluttering Up the Same-Sex Marriage Discoursehttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/05/seven-dumb-arguments/
http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/05/seven-dumb-arguments/#commentsWed, 05 May 2010 05:48:56 +0000BD Bealhttp://wisdomlikeastone.com/?p=19[Photo Credit] We should be having a national dialogue about whether or not same-sex marriage is good public policy. We’re not. Instead we’ve got groups of like-minded people circled like wagons on the prairie repeating the same silly arguments to ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WisdomLikeAStone/~4/ywyBmOkRa8A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://wisdomlikeastone.com/04/05/seven-dumb-arguments/feed/6